Nearly half of federal IT workers are using their personal mobile devices to perform work-related functions daily, according to a new survey.
The survey of 200 federal IT workers by marketing company Bluetext found that 45 percent of respondents are using mobile devices for work on a daily basis. Thirty-six percent of respondents indicated that they do not perform any work from their mobile devices, the study found.
Sixty-six percent of respondents also indicated that their non-IT agency colleagues are using mobile devices for work on a daily basis - suggesting a dramatic shift to a mobile government workforce, the survey found.
In addition, email applications ranked the most popular for employees performing work on their mobile devices. For example, among mobile device applications, 93 percent use email apps, 36 percent use project management tools, 20 percent use social media apps and 13 percent use VoIP apps, the study found.
Among social networking websites, Facebook was the most popular among respondents. Sixty-eight percent of federal IT workers said they use Facebook on their mobile device for work purposes, while 21 percent use Twitter, 16 percent use Google+ and 11 percent use LinkedIn, Bluetext found.
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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