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. Saturday, November 24, 2001 10:41 AM Victims Comp Fund Comments Dear Attorney General Ashcroft, In response to your request for comments regarding the Sept. 11th Victims Compensation Fund providing assistance to those directly affected by the terrorist attacks, I would like to tell you about my partner , who died in the Pentagon attack; and how deeply this has affected me. loved and lived life with humor and practicality. She was prior military (10 years U.S. Navy); she completed her Bachelor?s in 1998 and was contemplating starting her Masters. She had just completed a yearlong mid-level management course the week prior to Sept. 11th. She belonged to Toastmasters. She loved nature, valued friendship and was a terrific photographer. and I were together 17 years and had figured that we could celebrate our golden anniversary together. We co-bought our current house and lovingly rehabbed it to become our home. We co-owned a car, had joint bank and credit card accounts and were the beneficiaries to each other?s wills. We were in all respects, a true and committed partnership. Mr. Attorney General, it makes no difference whether one calls a relationship a marriage (traditional) or a partnership (non-traditional); the coming together of two people, to love and laugh and cry together; to provide constant support and camaraderie for each other, to share the bills and heartache and good fortune together; that is the meaning of a true relationship. That is what and I shared. mother said it best when she stated that had been married twice before (conventional) and it didn?t work; yet it worked for us. I am grateful for every minute of the years we had together. For our partnership. I am asking you, when defining the criteria for compensation to the victim?s families, to recognize same- sex partnerships as a valid and true relationship. I sincerely hope your committee can be as open and accepting as the Red Cross has been with me. I am thanking you in advance for your consideration. Sincerely, Individual Comment University Park, MD September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-24 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 dojW000521.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. 2001-11-24