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. Monday, November 26, 2001 8:40 AM Notice of Rulemaking As an advisor to one of the families victimized by the events of September 11, I write to provide you with comments on three points that are (I believe) fundamental to the efficacy of the victim compensation program you are creating: 1. Collateral Proceeds: You must take care not to exclude too many collateral sources of recovery from mediation awards by the fund or else you will end up dissuading many victims from participating in the fund. In this regard, it makes sense to exclude collateral sources of recovery provided by the government from any mediation awards, but it makes no sense to exclude collateral sources from private third-parties. Life insurance proceeds are perhaps the best example of collateral source recoveries that fall into this latter category. 2. Pain and Suffering:. The mediation process must be designed to ensure a fair recovery for the "pain and suffering" of victim families. The biggest fear I have heard discussed to date about the mediation program centers around this point. There is a perception that professional mediators will tend to be more grudging than jurors in their evaluation of the financial awards necessary to redress such suffering. That perception needs to be eliminated to encourage maximum victim participation in this program. 3. Economists:. While I think that the general approach of not requiring testimony by economists is a sound one, you must also protect the ability of particular victims to present such evidence from economists if they desire to do so. Obviously, not all victims' cases will fit nicely within the parameters of generalized economic assumptions and guidelines. Those that do not should be able to amplify their presentations with their own economic evidence. Thank you for your consideration of these points. Individual Comment Washington, DC September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-26 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 dojW000560.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. 2001-11-26