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.
Executive officers are ordinarily either elected or appointed by the governor. In some cases, officers are chosen by the state legislature or supreme court. There are an estimated 13 state executive offices in the United States.