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. Wednesday, January 02, 2002 4:25 PM Interim Final Rules While I am not in a position to question the interpretation of the legal issues involved in the classification of certain items as collateral sources, I find it quite difficult to place a number on their magnitude. If for example, New York State Workmans Compensation and Social Security Survivor payments are to be deemed collateral sources, it appears virtually impossible to determine the amount of the offset. What life expentancy tables will be used?...IRS publication 939 values?...single life annuity tables?..something else. Even establishing the appropriate annuity factor, it brings into question why life expentency is a valid criteria. If for example the surviving spouse remarries, she would lose her benefit. The same situation is relevant for benefits received under Workmans Comp, as the surviving spouse , upon remarriage, would receive a lump sum of $50, 000 and no further benefits. Many similar difficulties are not addressed in the regs. For example, life insurance proceeds paid to a single individuals sibling would not be a collateral source if the deceased died intestate in NY because that sibling would not receive anything under the intestacy laws of NY. This presents the classic case of form over substance working at variance with the stated guidelines of the regulations to provide fairness and consistency. There is also the issue of the Workmans Compensation carrier attempting to recover a portion of payments made as well as future payments. In the case of NY, this could be as much as 2/3 of said present and future payments. Unless these and a myriad of other similar issues are clarified, the tables are rendered useless in approximating a potential award. Submitted by: Father of deceased Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-02 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 dojN001301.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. 2002-01-02