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Notes posted from the April 26, 2022 VCF conference call with law firms.

Email - VCF Leadership Announcement - May 3, 2022

Statistics as of April 30, 2022 

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

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

Notes from December 15, 2014 VCF conference call with law firms posted.

Notes from November 3, 2014 VCF conference call with law firms and new Medical Expense Worksheet posted.

Notes from September 15, 2014 VCF conference call with law firms posted.

Updates made to the Claims Management System:

• July 14, 2014: Enhanced email notifications for document uploads and new outbound correspondence.
• July 10, 2014: Drop Down list of document types changed to separate "Appeal Request Form" and "Pre-Hearing Questionnaire" into unique document types.

Important reminders for law firms posted.

 Materials reviewed at the May 14, 2014 Claims Management System training for Law Firm Users.

Updates made to the Claims Management System:

• New functionality available to Amend Claims.
• Update made so that Claimant Search will no longer show the default claim if "Enter" is clicked when searching.
• Online claim forms updated to include Prostate Cancer and revised WTC Health Program definitions of Rare Cancer and Childhood Cancer.