QEDS Standards Group: The U.S. Standards Group on Quality, Environment, Dependability and Statistics consists of the members and leadership of organizations concerned with the development and effective use of generic and sector specific standards on quality control, assurance and management; environmental management systems and auditing, dependability and the application of statistical methods.
There are five types of organizations in the federal bureaucracy: 1  Cabinet departments. 2  Independent executive agencies. 3  Independent regulatory agencies.  Government 1  corporations. Presidential commissions.
The executive branch consists of the president, vice president and 15 Cabinet-level departments such as State, Defense, Interior, Transportation and Education. 1  The primary power of the executive branch rests with the president, who chooses his vice president, and his Cabinet members who head the respective departments.