A presidential proclamation is a statement issued by a president on a matter of public policy issued under specific authority granted to the president by Congress and typically on a matter of widespread interest.^[1] An administrative order (i.e., findings, letters, orders) can be issued.^[2]

Administrative orders are published in the Federal Register in forms other than those of executive orders, or proclamations, have been denominated as administrative orders when reproduced in CFR Title 3 compilations.^[2] A research guide by the National Archives defined administrative orders as "unnumbered signed documents through which the President of the United States conducts the administrative operations of the Federal Government" which "include but are not limited to memoranda, notices, determinations, letters, and messages."^[3]

A presidential notice or a presidential sequestration order can also be issued.^[4][5] The newest executive power, national security presidential memoranda,² operate like executive orders, but are only in the area of national security. They date back to President Harry S. Truman and have been called many different names.^1[6]

Executive orders, presidential proclamations, presidential memoranda, presidential determinations, administrative orders, presidential notices, presidential sequestration orders, and national security presidential memoranda are compiled by the Office of the Federal Register (within the National Archives and Records Administration) and are printed by the Government Printing Office. They are published daily, except on federal holidays. A free source of these documents is the Federal Register, which contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices.^[7] There are no copyright restrictions on the Federal Register; as a work of the U.S. government, it is in the public domain.^[8]

Listed below are executive orders numbered 13489–13764 and presidential memoranda signed by United States President Barack Obama. There are an additional 1186 presidential proclamations that are not included here, but some of which are on WikiSource. The signing statements made by President Obama during his time in office have been archived here.

• List of executive actions by George W. Bush, EO #13198–13488 (2001–2009)
• List of executive actions by Donald Trump, EO #13765–13984 (2017–2021)