They are Executive Actions, not orders, similar to the list of 23 items he talked about back in January just after the Connecticut school shooting. There is a difference between the two....and the article you linked to has it wrong, in this case. Just a "wish list" for this fool in office. Don't take this to mean I agree with anything but there is a difference between Action and Order. Just like the list proposed last January, this has yet to happen but the DOJ is proposing new rules for mental health info to come into play for firearms sales. One of the new proposals comes from the DOJ the other from DHS.
Nothing has been done yet, it is all proposed rule changes to the existing system on the topics the referenced article talks about. That much is correct. However, these proposals still have to make it through Congress after the proposals are finalized. Now would be a great time to write your representatives and express your feelings on these new restrictions. This is also why you can't find any new EO's in the Federal Register.
Personally, my medical records are none of their damned business and are protected by HIPAA. Hell, my wife can't even get them, why should the government?
For an explanation of the difference between Executive Action and Executive Order:
Nothing has been done yet, it is all proposed rule changes to the existing system on the topics the referenced article talks about. That much is correct. However, these proposals still have to make it through Congress after the proposals are finalized. Now would be a great time to write your representatives and express your feelings on these new restrictions. This is also why you can't find any new EO's in the Federal Register.
Personally, my medical records are none of their damned business and are protected by HIPAA. Hell, my wife can't even get them, why should the government?
For an explanation of the difference between Executive Action and Executive Order:
Executive Actions Versus Executive Orders
Executive actions are any informal proposals or moves by the president. The term executive action itself is vague and can be used to describe almost anything the president calls on Congress or his administration to do. But most executive actions carry no legal weight. Those that do actually set policy can be invalidated by the courts or undone by legislation passed by Congress.
The terms executive action and executive order are not interchangeable. Executive orders are legally binding and published in the Federal Register, though they also can be reversed by the courts and Congress.
A good way to think of executive actions is a wish list of policies the president would like to see enacted.
When Executive Actions Are Used Instead of Executive Orders
Presidents favor the use of nonbinding executive actions when the issue is controversial or sensitive. For example, Obama carefully weighed his use of executive actions on gun violence and decided against issuing legal mandates via executive orders, which would have gone against the legislative intent of Congress and risked enraging lawmakers of both parties.