Exceptional practices in the Federal Public Administration Entry Professional Career Service Subsystem: A perspective and proposal for orthodox-liberal reform

Abstract

This writing analyzes the exceptional practices in the Professional Career Service (SPC) entry Subsystem in the Federal Public Administration of Mexico. They are studied from an orthodox and liberal perspective that converge in the New Public Management, highlighting how the SPC Law, in particular its Article 34, allows temporary appointments without following regular procedures, which may contradict the principles of meritocracy and transparency of the civil service. The analysis underlines the need to reform these exceptions to ensure professionalization, impartiality and efficiency in public administration.