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, February 11, 2002 1:23 PM Comments IMO, the US Government has no place compensating victims using US Taxpayer dollars. The citizens of the US have already donated significant sums of money to help the people affected by this disaster via the Red Cross, and many other organizations. I think this compensation sets a dangerous precedent concerning future events. I also feel that too many people expect to be compensated one way or another when tragedy strikes, outside of the normal support structures already available (Social Security, Insurance, etc.). This is a fairly new phenomenon, at least in the last 40 years as litigation has become the norm. Citizens are responsible for ensuring their futures via financial planning. Failing to do so, the government still has support tools in place to manage needs at some predefined level. If there is a problem with these support services, then those problems need to be addressed. Tragedy occurs to people every day, but the government doesn't step up to the plate for everyone. This is a land where everyone is treated as equals, and so any financial support dispensed by the government must be dealt with at a common level for all Americans, not at the level of a specific event. As I started, I think the citizens of the US have stepped up to the plate for these victims, and that should suffice, along with the common support tools available to all citizens. Thanks, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-02-11 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 dojP000489.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. 2002-02-11