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. November 29, 2001 Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20530 RE: Comments on the Rulemaking for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 Dear Director Zwick: You are, thankfully, in the process of creating the September 11th Fund to provide compensation for the losses of relatives of those who died, and those who were injured. It is crucial for the many grieving families that the regulations that implement this program permit all deserving relatives to recover including committed partners or non-biological children of gay and lesbians victims ofthe terror attacks. For those whose family relationships do not meet certain strict formal legal definitions, the enormity of the loss of a beloved companion or parent could be compounded by the prospect of that they will be ineligible for compensation intended for their protection. The Department of Justice should not permit this potential inequity. I urge the Department to include amont relatives eligible for compensation those who lost their life partners or de facto parents or children, regardless of sexual orientation and marital status. A suggested method for effectuating this policy has been laid out in the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's November 21, 2001 letter to you. Thank you for your consideration. Very truly yours, Individual Comment Minneapolis, Minnesota September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-29 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 dojA005532.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. 2001-11-29