Feds - phone reimbursement
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Anonymous
| Do any of you feds participate in the Bring Your Own Device program? How much does your agency reimburse if you use your personal smartphone for work? |
Anonymous
Why would you ever want to subject your private phone to a possible subpoena? |
Anonymous
| Pretty sure anything is subject to a subpoena if there is cause for it. |
Anonymous
+1 Separate phones for personal and workplace. |
Anonymous
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OP here. Ok, I hear you all - and thank you for the input.
I'm still wondering though, if anyone can answer the original question? |
Anonymous
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Our agency has BYOD, but does not provide reimbursement for wireless service plans, device costs, etc. Access to email on your personal device is considered a convenience and not an entitlement. The agency does all provide mobile devices for staff (those are owned by the agency and associated costs are paid by it). |
Anonymous
| My Department doesn't do this. I'm not sure how you would be able to be reimbursed either? |
Anonymous
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My current agency does not allow it because of PII and SI protocols.
My former agecy had a BYOD, but like PP, there was no reimbursement and you had to let them install an encryption app. As a PP mentioned also, it was a PITA if emails were subpoenaed or became subject to a litigation hold. You have to decide whether you want the agency to be able to look at your personal emails while pulling things together for discovery. It was a lot less hassle to just use the agency device. |
Anonymous
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No way would I ever use or permit my personal device for govt. business. Yes, it could be subpoenaed regardless, but far less likely to be, and far more likely to resist one, if you can say you never use it for official business.
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Anonymous
| My salary is paid through a government contact and my accounting firm participates in the cell phone reimbursement program. |