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. Patsy T Mink Congress of the United States 2nd District, Hawaii January 25, 2002 Kenneth R. Feinberg Special Master September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington DC 20530 Dear Mr. Feinberg: Re: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Interim Rule 28 CFR Part 104 The Victim Compensation Fund is designed to provide a fair and expeditious means of compensating families so they do not have to enter into protracted legal battles. Developing a fair system is a very daunting challenge, but I want to draw your attention to two areas that require your attention. Please review the compensation amounts to ensure they are reasonable. I have been informed that you established payouts equivalent to those given to police officers and members of the military who are killed in the line of duty. Payments traditionally given to police officers and members of the military may not be suitable in this situation because the people who lost their lives on September 11th lived drastically different lifestyles with significantly lower risks. Although Public Law 107-42 requires you to deduct life insurance and other similar payments , please modify the proposed rules to guarantee that every claimant will receive a fair payment. I urge you to establish general guidelines explaining how you will use your discretionary power to make awards in extraordinary circumstances to help those who do not receive fair payments. The finalized regulations must make sure that the victims' families receive the full and fair compensation they were promised by Congress. Very truly yours, COMMENT BY: Patsy T. Mink Member of Congress Washington, DC September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-25 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 dojP000623.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. 2002-01-25