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. Wednesday, January 02, 2002 3:25 PM Airline Bailout Settlement Fund The Airline bailout bill was not passed by Congress to provide for the families of the victims. It was created to protect the airlines from litigation. The fund that will award damages to families of victims was included as an incentive to accept a settlement and not sue the airlines. If the airlines are found to be negligent in protecting their passengers, they will not face punitive damages. The US Congress has limited the liability of these airlines to the extent of their insurance coverage. In doing so, they have removed the possibility of punitive damages. It actually states that the families cannot sue anybody if they accept the settlement. The dollar figures that have been cited as an "average" are grossly misrepresented. It is sensationalism to come about with an "average" without knowing what types of money will be counted against the settlement. If the deceased victim made any sort of plans for his or her family, they will not receive much at all from this fund. If someone paid life insurance premiums for their entire life, they are essentially being penalized for planning. If, instead, someone decided to invest this money rather than buy life insurance, this will not be subtracted from any settlement award. The fund discriminates on the basis of their investment choices. If life insurance and pension benefits were not counted against the settlement, then the fund would actually provide an incentive to avoid the courtroom. The rules should be changed and changed quickly. Right now, those less fortunate may be forced into signing because of financial need. Protecting the airlines may be necessary, but not at the expense of the families of the victims. If this tragedy involved three people instead of 3500, then each family would be looking at settlements from the airlines' insurance companies. Just because this event was of such a large scope, that does not make the loss of a loved one any easier. If the rules are not changed, then many people will be encouraged to take this matter to court. If we are trying to avoid lengthy court battles, then make the settlement more equitable. CHANGE THE RULES REGARDING COLLATERAL SOURCES. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-02 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 dojN001297.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. 2002-01-02