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Highlights from the September Issue

COVER STORIES/Starting Over on the Gulf Coast

· The Charter Changeover: New Orleans rethinks public education
    Plus: a special Web-exclusive
   Q&A with an architect of the new system

· Mississippi's Urbanist Odyssey: A ravaged coast remakes itself
    Plus: a special Web-exclusive
   Q&A with the author

Health Care
A Dose of Transparency: an electronic way to comparison-shop for health care
    Plus: a special Web-exclusive
   Q&A with an expert on the subject

COLUMNS
· Assessments: Alan Ehrenhalt on light rail and retail
· Technology: Mark Stencel on e-government and the paper chase
· Management: Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene on developing public-sector careers
· Health: Penelope Lemov on who's really using the emergency room
· Finance: John E. Petersen on fiscal prudence in a time of uncertainty
· Potomac Chronicle: Jonathan Walters on a more sophisticated approach to federalism