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 9:06 PM In response to the recent discussions around how to fairly and quickly distribute the funds collected by various charities due to the Sept 11th disaster, I have some comments. i think that the real motivation behind the giving (as someone who has donated $), is to make those who suffered as whole again as possible. given that, i DO think that for this particular tragedy - which far surpasses anything in US history - special considerations need to be made. i believe that all charities who collected money for this relief should coordinate their efforts, and pool their resources. the money should be divided evenly across all victims. i do not think that charity organizers should start to get into the job of assessing who is deserving of more money - which will only complicate matters and increase the amount of time it will take to distribute the funds. the truth is that the recipients of this money will be happy to get anything (or should be) and will not say "my husband made more money than the cook at the "windows on the world" restaurant and therefore i should get more." i do not think that people should get rich from this. there is a level of reasonableness that should be applied, to assist people with getting their lives back on track. if the pool of money is so large that people will inevitably get rich, then the scope of the recipient pool should be broadened. i know that business owners all over the city are hurting. aren't they also victims? if they have to close their businesses, don't their children also suffer? the charities should broaden their reach to assist others victimized, since they clearly can afford it. a database should be created to ensure fair and efficient allocation of funds. there definitely needs to be an audit trail of this, for the obvious reasons and even for those we cannot envision at this time. i know that there are funds that have been created specifically for the children of the victims; either for their education or care. i think that these funds should be kept separate, but pooled together with other like funds, and distributed evenly across all families, with the same rationale as in item #1. i think that this should all be voluntary - all charities should come together on this and it should not be mandated. if there is no such cooperation, then someone (red cross) should set the tone and publicize their approach. this will motivate other charities to do what is fair and right. it is great that you are reaching out to the public to get our opinion on this. a horrible tragedy has occurred which has created horrible circumstances. i donated my own money to help the victims and ensure that the ripple effect of the suffering is minimized. there will always be people out there who will complain about the process and want more money. the rules need to be simple and clear. the bottom line is that this is charity $. victims were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, but lots of people are on a daily basis. that is life. charity is a bonus. regards, 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 dojW000151.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