Overview
- The president signed the decree on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, ordering federal contracts to be published monthly instead of quarterly so citizens see procurement data sooner.
- The decree expands proactive disclosure for Pemex and CFE subsidiaries by requiring publication of financial statements, corporate governance rules, contracts and reports filed with foreign agencies.
- Decisions to classify information as reserved must now be reviewed by collegial committees rather than a single official and the grounds for reservation are narrowed to constitutionally defined public interest and national security.
- The Secretaría de Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno will run the stabilized Plataforma Nacional de Transparencia and must add new public-interest content and improved downloads within 30 working days.
- Journalists and analysts praised the wider disclosure but warned centralizing transparency powers in the new Secretariat could let the executive more easily invoke national-security or judicial exceptions to withhold documents, a concern rooted in past uses of those rules for major projects.