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. Sunday, January 13, 2002 11:06 PM (no subject) Dear Mr. Zwick, We have spent the past couple of days reading the Interim Final Rule and trying to make sense of all the legal jargon. What pains us most is that those who are suffering over the loss of loved ones are trying to do the very same with a heavy heart and in a fragile state of mind. We personally mourn the loss of friends, co-workers, and neighbors and are numbed by the devastation. The task you have before you is monumental. You can not put a dollar value on each life, and while you are trying to be fair to each family, in essence that is what you need to do. In order to be fair across the board, you can not penalize those who were fortunate to have life insurance policies, pension funds, or high incomes. The WTC housed some of the largest financial firms in the Wall Street area. All of these men and women would have had continued financial success if they weren't robbed of their lives. Some were partners in their firms, some were restaurant workers, entry level workers, or clerical and back office staff. This is a fact and 9/11 did not change that. The methodology you are using to determine each victim's compensation is attempting to now place all of these individuals into the same economic pool. While it may seem admiral for the government to try to make everyone feel equal, unfortuanately, people work at different income levels. This fund should be distributed equally to all victims. You can not try to disolve economic barriers and make us all believe we are equal in the workforce. Some people earn more than others, invest wisely, plan ahead, have or do not have children, life insurance, and make all sorts of choices that affect how we live. The distribution of this fund should be equitable, not an attempt to compensate for how people chose to live their life given the cards they were dealt. Sincerely, Individual Comment Upper Saddle River, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-13 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 dojN001578.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. 2002-01-13