The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) serves as a neutral, objective expert in delivering high-impact research in science and public policy. The National Institute of Statistical Sciences was established in 1990 by the national statistics societies and the Research Triangle universities and organizations, with the mission to identify, catalyze and foster high-impact, cross-disciplinary an NISS is a national institute and independent research organization that delivers high-impact research in science and in public policy by leveraging the rich expertise of its staff with that of its base of affiliated organizations in academia, industry and government. NISS works on issues where information and quantitative analysis are keys to solutions and decisions. NISS functions in three ways: as expert advisor, as basic researcher, as collaborator. NISS serves as a neutral, objective expert or as an advisor to evaluate policy, to review organizations, to define the technical context for complex problems in government and in industry.