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, March 28, 2002 11:37 AM Comment re Final Rule/Sept. 11th Fund This message is for Kenneth Feinberg: As your former student (Georgetown Law, class of 1988), I am both ashamed and incensed that my former professor has adopted such a blatantly discriminatory policy regarding the compensation of victims of the September 11th tragedies. While providing for the surviving spouses of illegal immigrants (an important humanitarian gesture), your policy would simultaneously deprive the surviving family members of a gay or lesbian victim of all access to the support fund to which so many generous Americans -- both heterosexual and homosexual -- contributed, whether through taxes or donations. Apparently, the only exception to your miserly policy would favor gay or lesbian survivors fortunate enough to live in the state of Vermont. The official national policy should be to compensate any surviving member of a nontraditional family who can show credible evidence of a financially dependent or interdependent relationship with a victim of the September 11th tragedies. By looking to inconsistent and mainly antiquated state laws in the case of gay/lesbian families, yet completely ignoring ALL laws in the case of illegal immigrant families, your policy evidences a complete lack of intellectual integrity, fairness, and charity. Obviously, Professor Feinberg, you have fallen captive to the far-right, allegedly Christian, forces now controlling the Department of Justice. Where is your sense of decency, compassion, and justice? Individual Comment Boston MA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-28 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 dojR002793.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. 2002-03-28