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, January 14, 2002 5:45 PM September 11 Victims Compensation Fund Comment Importance: High I was seriously injured during the attack on the Pentagon on 9-11-01 and spent 7 days in the hospital and another 30 days confined to home health care. I received second and third degree burns on my head and both arms. My concern is that there is no specific information in the interim rule that gives seriously injured personnel a basis of whether to enter the Sep 11 Victims Compensation Fund program. As written, the special master will determine the award of serious injured personnel on a case by case basis. I believe this process is not fair and serious injured personnel must have an idea or a minimum amount of compensation they can expect before they make a decision to enter the program and forego any right to sue a later date or to decide to litigate in court. The formulas for individuals who lost a loved one are clear and would give the families of the victims a basis for a decision to enter the program. No such information or guidance exists for seriously injured personnel that my have long term health concerns subject the injuries they received on 9-11-01. I strongly recommend that the special master include in a revision of the final rules of this program specific amounts for non-economic losses for seriously injured personnel if they decide to enter the program. The definition of seriously injured (being hospitalized for a period of 7 days or more) or those who have developed a temporary or permanent disability can be a start point to what personnel will be eligible for the minimum amount of non-economic loss. BOTTOM LINE: Seriously injured personnel need more specific guidance in the final rule to determine whether to enter the program or not. Individual Comment Springfield, VA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-14 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 dojN001610.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. 2002-01-14