Many users were confused by the earmark select drop-down menu. Most of the time this is showing "General" or "Core-Tech" although the project is new and might have been assigned a separate earmark like "New Entrant"
DoD:
[ ] Proposals should have the correct default earmark selected
[ ] Proposals that are new or fall within other earmark eligibility, should have those earmarks show up and be selected
Problem:
Many users were confused by the earmark select drop-down menu. Most of the time this is showing "General" or "Core-Tech" although the project is new and might have been assigned a separate earmark like "New Entrant"
DoD: