Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:10 PM Comment on Interim Rule January 20, 2002 Dear Special Master Feinberg: It was a pleasure meeting with you Wednesday at the East Brunswick Hilton, NJ. After reading the "Interim Final Regulation" for the Victim Compensation Fund, I had many serious concerns. You allayed many of our fears with verbal assurances. Now, I would like your comments written in the "Final Regulations" which are due to be published shortly. The only thing that I want, my loving husband and wonderful father of our three young children, I cannot have. All that I am asking for is fair compensation. This was specified by Congress, as a part of the airline bailout legislation, which took away our rights for "normal" recourse allowed for under the law in wrongful death situations. Our families have suffered immeasurable damage from the most horrific acts of terrorism in our history. Congress sought to protect this nation (and it's coffers) from the deleterious effects of the litigation that would have ensued. The country would have been plunged into recession. Do not place the extra burden of this bailout on the families of the victims and their insurance companies. Grant us the financial security that we are owed. This needs to be a palatable settlement or many families will be destroyed. My understanding of Wednesday's meeting is as follows: 1) There are no caps on the economic loss award. That is, the following statement will be voided out from the final rule, "For those victims whose salary exceeded the top 2 percent of wage earners (as defined by the IRS for the year 2000), the Special Master will compute the presumed award based on an average income equal to the minimum amount earned by the top 2 percent of wage earners. 2) Income for 2001 will be included in the economic loss award. Full year can be extrapolated accordingly. 3) Workers compensation and social security will not be used as collateral offsets because of the uncertainty of the cash flows. Pensions that vested early because of employee contributions will also not be used as offsets. 4) The term "extraordinary circumstances" will be taken out of the "Final Regulations" when referring to circumstances under which you can request a hearing. 5) The paltry figure offered for non-economic damages does not reflect the directive in the legislation. This needs to be remedied; it is an insult to the lost lives and will cause many not to opt into the Fund. Comparable data suggests that non-economic award should be raised to $2-5 million. Thanks you for your kind attention to these matters. Respectfully, Individual Comment Bridgewater, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-20 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojN002142.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-01-20