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. Tuesday, November 06, 2001 9:54 AM My viewpoint To Whom It May Concern: My husband and I donated to the September 11th Fund during the celebrity hosted telethon back in September. We didn't donate a lot, but we did donate. I think trying to account for every single dollar a family or individual receives from multiple sources will create an albatross and bottleneck the intent of private donations. I realize some families may receive more than others when combining all the different charities who may have helped them. Some may have more friends who have assisted, some may have more family, some may have been highlighted by a local charity, etc. However, when it comes to this fund, why can't be equally distributed to those directly affected? As crass as this sounds, determine how many people died in the tragedy and divide it up. Moving forward why can't this fund be designated to helping those who lost an immediate family member in the tragedy? Could you suggest that charities outside of the September 11th Fund focus on those who lost jobs, etc.? The article I read in the New York Times stated there is concern that there will be some "double-dipping" on behalf of those affected. Quite honestly, if someone who lost their husband or wife should end up with a substantial amount of money over this, I don't really care. We cannot replace the life that was lost just because on that day that person did the responsible thing and went to work. This money does not belong to the government. It belongs to those for which it was intended. If I had known this would be the result of a donation, I would have sought out one individual family and mailed them a check personally. Please do the right thing by these people. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-06 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 dojW000053.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. 2001-11-06