"Many of [NASA's] problems with financial management are endemic to the agency as a whole. NASA has long been faulted for its "stovepipe" structure, in which each center behaves as an independent entity with a unique history and culture that is loath to brook "outside" interference from other parts of NASA. Finance executives are co-located in NASA's 10 centers, and each center has a different financial-reporting system.... The structural barriers have combined over time to make any NASA-wide initiatives an exercise in frustration."
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"Many of [NASA's] problems with financial management are endemic to the agency as a whole. NASA has long been faulted for its "stovepipe" structure, in which each center behaves as an independent entity with a unique history and culture that is loath to brook "outside" interference from other parts of NASA. Finance executives are co-located in NASA's 10 centers, and each center has a different financial-reporting system. ... The structural barriers have combined over time to make any NASA-wide initiatives an exercise in frustration."
From Nasa, We Have a Problem