On Thursday February 21, 2013 Chief Information Officer Sam Rivera was presented a certificate by the Illinois Policy Institute in recognition for achieving a 84.9 percent score on the Local Transparency Project. With a 36.9 point increase the City of Peoria website is now the 5th highest rated website for transparency among the top 25 largest cities in the state. Special thanks to Rachel Cook for her leadership in this project and to CSE Software for developing a new website for the citizens of Peoria.