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 14, 2002 3:17 AM Overlooking domestic partners in 9/11 benefits is an atrocity of it's own. THE FOLLOWING IS EXCERPTED FROM AN ARTICLE ON US POLITICS AND CURRENT EVENTS ON ABOUT.COM http://uspolitics.about.com/library/weekly/aa031102a.htm Yep, the Attorney General is himself willing to overlook US law so that every victim of September 11 can be fully compensated. But when it comes to gay Americans who lost a loved one to Mohammad Atta and his band of thieves, that's when Feinberg's and the Department of Justice's well of generosity suddenly dries up: "[Gays and lesbians are] left out of my program to the extent that their own state doesn't include them. I cannot get into a position in this program, which has a one-and-a-half or two-year life start second-guessing what the state of New York or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the state of Virginia or New Jersey, how they treat same-sex partners, domestic live-ins, etc. I simply say this: What does your state law say about who is eligible? If your state law makes you eligible, I will honor state law. If it doesn't, I go with the state. Otherwise, Tim, I would find myself getting sued in every state by people claiming that I'm not following how the state distributes money. I can't get into that local battle. I've got to rely on state law." - Kenneth Feinberg on NBC's "Meet the Press," March 10, 2002. THIS IS A HORRIBLE REPRESENTATION OF RESPECT FOR HUMANITY ON THE BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. IT IS SICKENING TO THINK THAT MY GOVERNMENT WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND FOREIGNERS WHILE OVERLOOKING THE PEOPLE OF IT'S OWN NATION FOR ANY SUCH REASON AS SEXUALITY. FEINBERG OPENED HIS MOUTH AND REVEALED A HORRIBLE FLAW IN OUR GOVERNMENT'S THINKING. THIS IS A SICKENING ACT OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GAYS AND LESBIANS. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-14 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 dojR000719.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. 2002-03-14