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, January 17, 2002 9:09 AM September 11th Compensation Fund ATTENTION: Kenneth R. Feinberg, Special Master Having sustained long term injuries in the terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut on April 18, 1983, I am concerned about the potentially negative impact of certain elements of the September 11th Compensation on some of the victims. I ask that the following changes be considered. 1. Definition of seriously injured: At present a person is required to be in a hospital for ten-day before qualifying as seriously injured. One can be seriously injured and be in the hospital for less than ten days. Loss of the use of any part of the body is serious. A hairline fracture of the spine is serious. Severe depression is serious. A more realistic definition is needed. 2. Classification of emotional stress: Posttraumatic stress is not covered as a medical expense (but as pain & suffering). A great deal of literature now exists on the biological components of PTSD and if not addressed directly as a medical issue, victims may suffer needlessly at the time of the attack and in years to come. The reality of PTSD needs to be named and accepted as a medical condition. 3. Two-year time period: At present claims with the Fund must be filed within two-years after the initial regulations are promulgated. For anyone dealing with severe mental and psychological cal injuries, more time is needed to make such a serious decision. 4. Illegal Aliens: Address the issue of how illegal aliens will benefit from the Fund and assurances that they will not be deported. I commend the legislation and Fund desire to address the question of economic loss based on a prediction of a claimant¹s future earnings. I expect that a realistic amount will be allocated. Clearly everybody suffered incredible loss, but the people at the low end of the economic scale, have lost their ability to move up from poverty to a standard level of living. Individual Comment Washington, D.C. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-17 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 dojN001923.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. 2002-01-17