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. Sunday, March 17, 2002 3:40 PM Exclusion of same-sex couples from compensation is unfair, unnecessary The exclusion of same-sex couples from the compensation fund is unconscionable. The Special Master is mistaken to rely solely on existing state law regarding marriage. There now exists any number of means by which same-sex couples are able to prove their mutual commitment: wills, powers of attorney, joint ownership of property, civil unions, domestic partnerships, and so forth. Public and private organizations that extend domestic partnership benefits do so on the basis of a showing of shared commitment and mutual support. If organizations can make such a determination, why is it beyond the power of the Special Master? This exclusion will become known as a shameful chapter in the national response to the 9/11 attacks. It's not too late to rectify this jarring breach of the national mood of unity. Individual Comment, life-partners for 32 year Seattle, WA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-17 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 dojR001467.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. 2002-03-17