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. Saturday, January 12, 2002 10:53 PM Victim's Compensation My name is and I lost my only sibling and ONLY relative except for my parents. My brother was 32 years old and a very hard worker. Under the current plan my family would receive nothing or the minimum amount awarded. We find this completely unfair for a son who had his whole life in front of him. My brother was engaged and was killed before he could have children. We find those victims who were killed without children are being forgotten or penalized. My parents made many sacrifices to raise a successful and large tax paying citizen and they are now being forgotten in the process! Our family members that lost their lives while at work were not protected by our government. Our government is currently spending over 60 billion dollars on the war on terrorism and 5 billion dollars to bail out the airline industry, yet under the current tables approximately 1.5 billion will be spent on compensation for 3,000 families who have been drastically impacted by their loss. Our rights have been taken away to litigate due to Congresses rush on September 22nd to protect the airlines by imposing restrictions limiting lawsuits. Not only have our constitutional rights to sue been limited, a constitutional challenge to this litigation would take years to resolve. Mr. Feinberg should change the current regulations and: 1. Use up to date New York statistics which would reflect the victims potential lifetime earnings. 2. Eliminate the cap of $225,000 in yearly earning potential. 3. Increase non-economic damages taking into consideration the immeasurable pain and suffering endured by our loved ones and our families. Non-economic damages should be guaranteed due to the offsets applied by Congress and the amount of individuals who will receive limited compensation from the fund. 4. Families should be fully informed of what their compensation will be in writing prior to officially waving their rights to litigate 5. PRIVATE INSURANCE should NOT be deducted from the families compensation. Victim's are being penalized for being RESPONSIBLE citizens! Again our government failed to protect our families on 911, it should be a no brainer to do all you can for them now! Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-12 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 dojN001558.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. 2002-01-12