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. Monday, January 21, 2002 12:37 PM Comments Mr. Feinberg, first I?d like to state that this fund is not a CHARITY to the victim?s family, but an OBLIGATION by the federal government to pay to each victim in exchange that his/her family will not sue the following agencies: a.Government agencies that could not provide adequate security to prevent mass destruction of property and innocent lives. b.Operators of the World trade center. c.Operators of the airports d.Manufacture of the airplains e.Pertinent Airlines f.City of New York g.etc. Second, the following has to be corrected. If all other equal (salary and age) why the single decedent with no children receives about half of the one who is married with no children. Since it is an obligation to pay to the victim, the single decedent should receive the same amount as married one( with no children). Third, details should be provided of what is included in the cost of living calculation. Projected future income SHOULD NOT be adjusted to account for taxes that would have been paid. Paying these taxes in the past did not protected victims of the WTC on September 11th and withholding these taxes from the projected income, will not protect them in the future. Also, please include 2001 salary level in your calculation. I think, as everybody else, if salary in 2000 and 1999 were higher than in 2001, then avarage may be the way to go. Otherwise only 2001 salary should be taken in considaration. I also feel that the amount of the award should be known prior to waiving any rights to sue the airlines or anyone else deemed responsible. I don't think anyone should make a decision not knowing the full impact of that decision. Thanks for you time and energy in regard to this matter. I do hope that you'll reconsider, Under the present arrangement, it forces families to enter into litigation against any and all responsible. Individual Comment New York September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-21 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 dojN002166.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. 2002-01-21