Riccardo Biasini
Tech Industry Links: Tesla, Boring Co.
Riccardo Biasini is an executive and software engineer who has worked at both Tesla and the Boring Company, both of which are Musk-owned businesses. Since joining the DOGE staff at OPM on January 20th, he has largely been focused on personnel-related initiatives like modernizing an “AutoRIF” system for automating layoffs at agencies. As a software developer, he likely has been connected to other initiatives like the Fork in the Road or the Five Things emails, but he has kept a lower profile than other engineers.
Likely aliases: OPM-02
Positions
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Systems
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website
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This is a stand-in for whatever website platform an agency is using unknown access «listed as grant for “Web Admin” on 1/20. Not revoked as of 2/12» |
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Databricks
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A hosted or self-hosted service that simplifies systems for processing big Data admin access «listed as “OPM Data Azure Databricks Admin + NP / PRD Azure Subscriptions”» |
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EHRI
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The Enterprise Human Resources Integration Data Warehouse (“EHRI”) collects human resources, payroll, and training data from several dozen sources outside of OPM, including other federal agencies. unknown access (never accessed) |
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github
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A service owned by Microsoft for developers to run version control on their applications and back them up to shared repositories that can be used by other developers. Github is provided as both a hosted service (at github.com) or via versions that can be installed with agency data centers (aka GitHub Enterprise or GHE). Access to Github would be expected for developers, but doesn’t necessarily mean the person is a coder. unknown access «Github Enterprise» |
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USA Performance
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System tracking job performance of federal employees admin access (never accessed) «system name is listed as “USA Performance - U.S. Office of Personnel Management”» |
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USA Staffing
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A platform for federal agencies to recruit and onboard employees. admin access «USA Staffing Core + Admin Portal - DEV/TST/STG/TRN/PRD» |
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eOPF
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An system for government employees to access their personnel files electronically. These are updated when staff receive changes in salary or duty station or title, or receive performance reviews. unknown access (never accessed) |
Events
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1/20/25
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Directory
Multiple DOGE staff start working at OPM and are listed as part of the Office of the Director.
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1/27/25
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Access
Charles Ezell sends an email to OPM IT staff stating that OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) “urgently” need access to several sensitive systems within the agency.
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1/28/25
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Access
OPM grants OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-04 (Edward Coristine), and OPM-06 (Nikhil Rajpal) full administrative access to the systems USAJOBS, USA Staffing, USA Performance, eOPF, and EHRI. This access included “[c]ode read and write permissions.”
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1/28/25
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Directory
Wired Magazine provides an early listing of which Musk-affiliated DOGE staff now have positions at OPM.
(fuzz: didn’t name Coristine or Bobba bc of their ages, but later confirmed as them)
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1/31/25
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Disruption
Federal employees at OPM report they are locked out of access to key systems by DOGE and OPM leadership.
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2/XX/25
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Disruption
Unnamed engineers working for DOGE within OPM reportedly used Meta’s Llama AI model running locally on OPM servers to analyze responses to the “Fork in the Road” resignation offer.
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2/12/25
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Directory
In a FOIA request, Democracy Forward names DOGE staff known to be at OPM at that time.
Akash Bobba, Amanda Scales, Anthony Armstrong, Austin Raynor, Brian Bjelde, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Charles Ezell, Christina Hanna, Edward Coristine, Gavin Kliger, Greg Hogan, Jacob Altik, Joanna Wischer, Justin Monroe, Nikhil Rajpal, Noah Peters, Riccardo Biasini, Stephanie Holmes, Stephen Duarte
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2/25/25
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Report
DOGE engineer Ricardo Biasini is reported to be working on updating an “AutoRIF” software package sourced from the Department of Defense that can be used to automate Reduction-in-Force (RIF) processes at federal agencies.
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2/27/25
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Interagency
DOGE staff at DOI invite several of their counterparts from OPM to a meeting to discuss DOI Tech Systems.
(fuzz: A michealal@x.com is also invited. Is it meant to be Micaela Lopez Ballefin?)
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c.3/03/25
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Interagency
DOE staff (mostly from DOGE) meet exclusively with DOGE staff from both OPM and GSA to discuss DOI’s data centers, cloud infrastructure and software licenses.
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5/09/25
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Disruption
OPM is reportedly poised to launch a rebranded version of the formerly-named AutoRIF software for automating the process of designating staff for mass layoffs. It was modernized and given a web interface by DOGE engineer Riccardo Biasini.
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9/24/25
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Disruption
The Department of Interior is reportedly planning another round of layoffs for mid-October. This follows the loss of 7500 employees (nearly 11% of its workforce) already. The agency is reported to be using the AutoRIF software developed at OPM to run the process, and it is being run by Stephanie Holmes and Tyler Hassen, who did not leave the agency in August as previously reported.
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12/05/25
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Directory
A legal filing from the government states that only 5 DOGE staffers – OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini), OPM-03 (Akash Bobba), OPM-05 (Gavin Kliger), OPM-10 (Austin Raynor) and OPM-18 – are still working at the agency. OPM-02 (Riccardo Biasini) is reporting directly to Scott Kupor.
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Open Questions
- The appointment for Riccardo Biasini at OPM was not to exceed 2025-07-18. Has he left DOGE or was he given a new position/appointment with a longer NTE date?