The National Soil Information System (NASIS) plays a role in the National Cooperative Soil Survey's goal of providing an active resource of soils information and "is designed to manage and maintain soil data from collection to dissemination." The website provides information and software downloads needed to access the NASIS system. Visitors can find helpful instructions on how to use the system as well as information on data problems. The website describes new works in progress and future plans. Users also have the opportunity to subscribe to NASISNEWS, the electronic mailing lists for NASIS users.