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 2:00 PM Sept 11 fund & charity Be fair. Be practical. Don't enrich........and above all realize that this issue could reappear over and over again. This is most likely the first grouping of victims ( Sept 11th ) .We all realize it may well not be the last. I'd like to imagine there is an end in sight......but in reality, there will be more victims of terrorist acts even if in no way related to this source. It will be a precident and it will be a message to the public and the citizens. Here in Worcester, Massachusetts not long ago, we had a tragedy in which six firefighters died in one burning building. There was an outpouring of support and donations that came this way from around the world. I do not know if there was any government support through tax money given to the families.... but donations reached into the millions.....beyond 7 million for the six deaths. The Corporation that initiated the fund collection never realized the intense issues that would develope over how to distribute the money. If there is anything to learn from this incident, it's to be prepared before the money starts to arrive, with the guidelines..........and distribute only to DEPENDENTS of the deceased. Not grown children, not grown siblings with their own families, not mothers and fathers of adults now dead, not ex-spouses that have not had relationships with or been receiving support from. Only the dependent spouse and the young dependent children born to or adopted by.Those of us that made donations, charitable or paid taxes, as individuals or corporations intend to give relief from financial burdens in the present tense and in the forseeable future. We intended to assist with debts incurred from past circumstances and circumstances surrounding September 11th. We did not intend to create a community of millionaires and do not expect our tax dollars or charitable donations to create such. We fully expect to give comfort and relief in a very even handed and well thought out manner guided by those who now control those funds and have access to all necessary information. My fear would be that the Fund regulators and the government agencies holding the tax dollars will feel compelled to distribute all of the money now. Those of us who were able to donate this time and have jobs and businesses at present may not be in such positions next time a disaster or terrorist act occurs. SO SPEND AND DISTRIBUTE WISELY, especially the taxes of which you speak. There are many deaths which occur on a day to day basis, which do not make the headlines, and many families are left behind in poor financial situations......no donations come their way, little relief is offered. Do count other income before tax dollars are spent, whatever that income may be and where ever it may be coming from, and find a way to be fair in the relief and support offered. Our hearts and thoughts are with them in their grief.....we should not take advantage of each other in any situation. 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 dojW000106.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