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, December 13, 2001 2:16 PM September 11 Victim Compensation Fund December 13, 2001 Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs, Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice e-mail: victimcomp.comments@usdoj.gov In late September, President Bush and Congress did a wonderful thing and authorized the creation of the "September 11 Victim Compensation Fund" to provide assistance to the surviving victims of the attacks and the "relatives" of those who died. I was recently made aware that the Department of Justice is in the process of writing the regulations that will govern implementation of the Fund and has invited public comments to guide this process. Unfortunately, it seems, there are factions who are mounting a campaign to request that the surviving partners and children of gay and lesbian victims be excluded from the benefits of the Fund. I find these views to be unpatriotic, cruel and reprehensible. How could anyone believe that the emotional, financial and psychological pain of the September 11th attacks and the loss of loved ones should be addressed based only on life style choices. Clearly, such a determination would have to be considered a blatant exercise in discrimination. As The Justice Department considers the regulations governing the "September 11 Victim Compensation Fund" I urge you to ensure that compensation is available to all surviving families of those killed, including the committed partners and non-biological children of gay and lesbian victims. Thank you for your consideration. Individual Comment Fort Worth, Texas September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-13 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 dojA001550.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. 2001-12-13