CRM/Federal Specialist

About the CRM/Federal Specialist

The CRM/Federal Specialist was developed for CRMs whose field of professional practice involves RIM programs of the U.S. Government, whether as a Federal government employee, uniformed military, vendor, consultant, or contractor. The Federal Specialist exam includes 100 questions over a variety of federal government related areas.

Federal Specialist Book of Knowledge

The 3 major outline sections are:
(Click on each link for the specific outline)

  1. Domain - MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE (30 Questions)
  2. Domain - POLICY, COMPLIANCE, GOVERNANCE AND PROTECTIONS (35 Questions)
  3. Domain - RIM PROGRAM OPERATIONS (35 Questions)

Bibliography

The Federal Specialty Exam Development Committee has created a comprehensive bibliography which can be found here. This bibliography contains links to the resources as well as mapping to specific domains.

Acronyms

For a CRM Federal Specialty Acronym List, click here.

Key Terms

Key terms are available as an additional exam preparation study aid.  To use, click here to download the file.  

Application

To learn more about applying for the Federal Specialist designation, click here.

Preparation Workshops

Please click here: https://www.icrm.org/CRA-CRM-workshops to find out the latest information on ICRM-led Exam Prep Workshops or those held in collaboration with strategic partners (ARMA regions and chapter, industry-specific associations and RIM organizations).