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, November 07, 2001 11:22 AM Sept 11 Victims Comp Fund It seems to me that the legislation is clear; it did not include a provision that would reduce benefits to victims based on charitable giving. Further, it was hasty not to include such exclusions. The American taxpayer is burdened enough. While we as a nation are horrified by this act of terrorism, the victims should not be enriched by this tragedy at the expense of the taxpayer. There are huge sums of charitable funds out there for distribution if someone can figure out a fair distribution process. I am also of the opinion that this money should never, ever be used as a source of funds to compensate for the costs associated with legal action. Was this not the original spirit of the legislation; i.e., to bail out the airlines and provide a no-fault clause that prevented litigation. It is inconsistent to allow this money to be spent on legal costs. The voice of reason dictates that we not enrich the lawyers. There should, however, be an appeal process for special situation cases including mandatory releases when victims are the recipient of these funds. Thank you for this opportunity to respond Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-07 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 dojW000173.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. 2001-11-07