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. Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:41 PM Victims' Compensation Fund Special Master Kenneth R. Feinberg September 11th Victim Compensation Fund U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC I write to ask you to assure fair treatment for all surviving families of the tragedy on September 11 with particular attention being given to the families of low-wage workers and also gay and lesbian families. If traditional rules based on lost wages are the criteria, the survivors of a bond trader earning millions of dollars per year might receive thousands of times as much as the survivors of a dishwasher in one of the restaurants destroyed. Justice requires looking beyond the last paycheck to the inherent worth of all of those killed. A high minimum compensation level is needed to lessen the disparities. Gays and lesbians are highly vulnerable when one partner is killed, but the Red Cross and the State of New York have compassionately declared that they will not discriminate against families of gays and lesbians. The Department of Justice should do the same. My wife and I chose to affiliate with a church predominately made up of homosexuals when we moved recently to Houston. These new friends have helped us to understand the ugly treatment that they often receive. The overwhelming tragedy that gays and lesbians and everyone else experienced on September 11 and its continuing aftermath calls for understanding and kindness in the policies that will guide the distribution of the Victim Compensation Fund. Thank you for considering my observations. I look forward to hearing how you will act on these critically important issues. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-13 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 dojA001589.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. 2001-12-13