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. Monday, March 18, 2002 12:41 PM Victim Compensation Fund Web Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20530 Dear Sir: I am outraged that gay and lesbian partners of those who died on September 11 are not automatically going to receive the same benefits as heterosexual spouses of those who perished that horrible day. The Victim Compensation Fund Web site is for ALL Americans! To exclude this group, the partners of gay and lesbian heroes of September 1, from always receiving the same benefits as the spouses of heterosexual victims of the horrible terror attacks is a blatant INJUSTICE. This arbitrary decision is especially egregious given the other decisions related to the fund, such as compensating fetuses and illegal aliens. If the issue is one of law (as I have heard it said) then the arbitrariness of the decision is underscored by the fund's decision to overlook federal law and NOT arrest and apply Federal law in expelling the families of illegal aliens, nor punish American companies that hired so-called illegals in violation of federal labor laws. The message is crystal clear. It is all right to die for America if you are Gay, but once again if you are Gay, you do not have the same rights or PRIVLIDGES as a heterosexual American. It is a sad day to be an American.... Respectfully, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-18 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 dojR001904.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. 2002-03-18