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. Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:36 PM (no subject) I live in Oyster Bay, New York- on Long Island. Our small community, like so many others, has lost several of its residents due to 9/11. My recommendations to you: 1) Do not cap the income level for the calculation of economic loss. While a trial on the merits would be an uncertainty, the absence of a cap provides for basic calculations that the families might otherwise be awarded. HOWEVER, it seems reasonable that, as is often done in litigation, life insurance, etc. (but NOT charitable monies) be deducted from the ECONOMIC award, but not the pain and suffering calculation (see below). In providing for no cap, it does not penalize a family of a high income earner. However, in deducting insurance, etc. (that in most instances would be held by such higher income families), the ultimate disparity with families of lower income earners is not as great. Perhaps the economic compensation to families cannot be equal, but it can be better. 2) Provide for greater payments for pain and suffering. I recently read in Newsday that, in 1994, a New York jury had awarded $1.4 million for pain and suffering to a New York family of a victim in the plane shot down in Korea in 1983. While I understand that the awards in litigation cannot precisely parallel, it seems that it should at least be similar under the circumstances, and particularly where the fund is expressly providing for a waiver of litigation rights. If only from a purely practical standpoint, these awards should, for the most part, be equal to all families. Measuring the pain and suffering for each and every family is just too much. Be more generous and realistic vis a vis prior similar awards, but it seems too much to dig into each particular circumstance and would in all likelihood lead to division among the families of the victims, something that they clearly should NOT be subject to. With the above, seems that, while not perfect, would at least balance the field a bit more between those of higher and lower income victims, while taking into account the across the board tragedy- unparalleled- for all involved. Good luck, Individual Comment Oyster Bay, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-27 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 dojP000205.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. 2002-01-27