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 U.S. government consists of three branches: the legislative, executive and judicial branches. Of these, the executive branch is the largest, employing more than four million Americans. Article II of the Constitution details the powers and duties of the executive branch. The president is the chief executive, and if re-elected may serve as many as two four-year terms. Although the three branches are equal, the president is the most powerful single person in the federal government.