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. November 20, 2001 Honorable John Ashcroft Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Via facsimile 301-519-5956 Re: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 Dear Attorney General Ashcroft: I am writing to add my support to the position set forth in the letter sent to you on November 15, 2001 by nearly fifty members of Congress, including many members from both sides of the aisle from New York's delegation, urging your support for adopting the most inclusive definition possible in determining who can qualify as survivors of victims of the heinous terrorist attack of September 11 in the regulations you are called upon to promulgate governing the distribution of the funds voted by Congress and approved by the President. I believe that the intent and spirit of the laudable action taken by Congress and the President in the aftermath of this incomprehensible tragedy can best be honored by humanely recognizing the wide range of personal relationships that make up the grand mosaic of today's American society. It seems to me to be only fair and proper to use the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund to compensate any person able to document an enduring interdependent relationship whose own financial position has been or risks being seriously imperiled by the death or injury of a domestic partner in the terrorist-related aircraft crashes on that day. Thank you for your consideration. Respectfully submitted, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-20 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 dojW000468.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. 2001-11-20