Karen Richey

Senior Cost Analyst in GAO's Center for Technology and Engineering

Karen Richey is a senior cost analyst in GAO's Center for Technology and Engineering, where she is involved in performing cost analyses and technology audits on a wide range of systems. In the past few years, Karen has been responsible for championing the use of earned value management as an auditing tool at GAO. Certified by the National Defense University as a Chief Information Officer (CIO), Karen is also Level-III certified in the field of cost estimating and financial management. She has 19 years experience in the fields of cost estimating and technology auditing.

Before joining the GAO, Karen was a cost analyst for the Department of the Navy where she performed earned value management and developed independent cost estimates for major weapon and automated information systems. Karen holds a degree in Statistics and Mathematics from the University of South Carolina. She led the development of the GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide which provides auditors with best practice criteria for determining the reliability of cost estimates. In addition to auditing, Karen also provides training classes for auditors on cost estimating, schedule analysis, and EVM.