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It is an honor to step into the role of Special Master on an interim basis while the process to identify Rupa Bhattacharyya’s permanent successor is identified.  I have been a career civil service attorney with the Department of Justice since 1998, and have managed several Civil Division components for temporary periods, including the branch that has responsibility over the operations of the VCF.  In that capacity, I’ve worked with Rupa to help address issues that arise in the management of the VCF and am familiar with its functions and operation.  I look forward to working with the VCF aga

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Statistics as of March 31, 2022

Email - VCF Leadership Announcement - April 5, 2022

Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya announced today that she will be leaving the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund at the end of this month for a position with Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection.

Email - VCF Communications - March 21, 2022

Email - Important Reminders re: Compliance with DOJ Online System Acceptable Use Policy - March 9, 2022

Email - Important Information from the WTC Health Program - March 7, 2022

Statistics as of February 28, 2022

Email - VCF Website Update, Message from the Special Master - February 24, 2022

Kimberly (Kim) C. Brown has joined the VCF as the Director of Operations. In this new position, Kim will focus on overseeing the VCF’s day-to-day operations in areas such as the Helpline and the processing of hard copy mail, identifying opportunities for innovation as the VCF continues to move into its long-term status stemming from the passage of the VCF Permanent Authorization Act.

The VCF successfully navigated another highly productive year in 2021, in a year that saw not one but two significant anniversaries: the 10th anniversary of the passage of the Zadroga Act, which created in the VCF, in January, and then the solemn reminder months later that twenty years have passed since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The VCF released its tenth Annual Report, which details how the VCF team successfully navigated challenges in addition to those created by COVID-19,  maintained steady productivity, and completed another successful year in service to the 9/11 community, awarding nearly $1.5 billion, in 2021.

In commemoration of the 20^th anniversary of 9/11, the report features an array of images of memorials and monuments created around the world to honor those whose lives were forever impacted by the events of September 11, 2001.

Statistics as of January 31, 2022

Statistics as of December 31, 2021

我们将优先对尚未收到任何裁决的索赔人的索赔作出裁决。与此同时，我们会继续审核修改，并使用相同的优先顺序来对先交的修改作出裁决然后再对后交的修改作出裁决。

我们如何优先对修改的审查取决于我们是否已经对该索赔作出赔付。按照一般规则，对尚未获裁定的索赔的修改（意思是索赔人没有收到任何赔偿裁定）不会改变其优先状态。我们是根据《赔偿表》提交之日确定其先后顺序的（请参阅《常见问题解答》1.2）。

对于已经收到赔款裁定的索赔，我们的优先顺序是按提交修改的日期而定，而不是按最初的《赔偿表》提交日期而定。所以，按照一般规则，如果修改是在该索赔正在审议中而不是在赔偿裁定作出之后提出，这对索赔人来说更好（这将允许我们将索赔作为一个整体而不是零碎来审议）。

与人身伤害索赔中受害者仍然活着的情况不同，已提交的已故索赔的情况没有改变。 因此，已故索赔中的所有损失应在最初的索赔提交时就应该让索赔人知道了。如果VCF只需一次审核这些索赔（包括所有的损失），这对VCF效率就高得多，并且提高VCF能向所有索赔人发出裁决的速度。