diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml
index 53533a951..7cd332156 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ body:
   - type: textarea
     id: environment
     attributes:
-      label: Environment (optional)
+      label: Environment
       description: |
         Where is this issue occurring? If related to development environment, list the relevant tool versions.
         
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ body:
   - type: textarea
     id: additional-context
     attributes:
-      label: Additional Context (optional)
+      label: Additional Context
       description: "Please include additional references (screenshots, design links, documentation, etc.) that are relevant"
   - type: textarea
     id: issue-links
     attributes:
-      label: Issue Links (optional)
+      label: Issue Links
       description: |
         What other issues does this story relate to and how?
         
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/story.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/story.yml
index 6173dd9e1..41516cc29 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/story.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/story.yml
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ body:
   - type: textarea
     id: additional-context
     attributes:
-      label: Additional Context (optional)
+      label: Additional Context
       description: "Please include additional references (screenshots, design links, documentation, etc.) that are relevant"
   - type: textarea
     id: issue-links
     attributes:
-      label: Issue Links (optional)
+      label: Issue Links
       description: |
         What other issues does this story relate to and how?
         
diff --git a/docs/architecture/decisions/0021-django-admin.md b/docs/architecture/decisions/0021-django-admin.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e9580932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/architecture/decisions/0021-django-admin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# 21. Use Django Admin for Application Management
+
+Date: 2023-06-22
+
+## Status
+
+Accepted
+
+## Context
+
+CISA needs a way to perform administrative actions to manage the new get.gov application as well as the .gov domain
+application requests submitted. Analysts need to be able to view, review, and approve domain applications. Other
+dashboard views, reports, searches (with filters and sorting) are also highly desired.
+
+## Decision
+
+Use Django's [Admin](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/contrib/admin/) site for administrative actions. Django
+Admin gives administrators all the powers we anticipate needing (and more), with relatively little overhead on the
+development team.
+
+## Consequences
+
+Django admin provides the team with a _huge_ head start on the creation of an administrator portal.
+
+While Django Admin is highly customizable, design and development will be constrained by what is possible within Django
+Admin.
+
+We anticipate that this will, overall, speed up the time to MVP compared to building a completely custom solution.
+
+Django Admin offers omnipotence for administrators out of the box, with direct access to database objects. This includes
+the ability to put the application and its data in an erroneous state, based on otherwise normal business rules/logic.
+
+In contrast to building an admin interface from scratch where development activities would predominantly
+involve _building up_, leveraging Django Admin will require carefully _pairing back_ the functionalities available to
+users such as analysts.
+
+While we anticipate that Django Admin will meet (or even exceed) the user needs that we are aware of today, it is still
+an open question whether Django Admin will be the long-term administrator tool of choice. A pivot away from Django Admin
+in the future would of course mean starting from scratch at a later date, and potentially juggling two separate admin
+portals for a period of time while a custom solution is incrementally developed. This would result in an overall 
+_increase_ to the total amount of time invested in building an administrator portal. 
diff --git a/src/registrar/fixtures.py b/src/registrar/fixtures.py
index 3aefbe68b..41295df38 100644
--- a/src/registrar/fixtures.py
+++ b/src/registrar/fixtures.py
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ class UserFixture:
             "first_name": "Cameron",
             "last_name": "Dixon",
         },
+        {
+            "username": "0353607a-cbba-47d2-98d7-e83dcd5b90ea",
+            "first_name": "Ryan",
+            "last_name": "Brooks",
+        },
     ]
 
     @classmethod