Chief of Staff John Kelly's electronics ban goes even further than anticipated, as West Wing staffers will be barred from bringing 'any portable device that emits an electric signal' to work.

ABC News received a copy of an internal memo sent to staff from Kelly on Wednesday, which indicated that personal cell phones would be banned come January 16, but also laptops, smartwatches – like the Apple Watch or Fitbit – and 'devices with WiFi, Bluetooth, radio or cellular capabilities.'

All employees electronics equipment must be issued by the White House Communications Agency, or else, the memo warned.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly sent a memo around Wednesday to West Wing staff telling them their personal electronics were banned from work

Personal cell phones of staffers will no longer be allowed in the Oval Office or other parts of the West Wing, starting on January 16

'Violations of this policy by EOP staff are security incidents that may indicate knowing, willful, or negligent conduct in violation of security policy and may therefore result in disciplinary action and, for other Federal employees and visitors, may include being indefinitely prohibited from entering the White House complex,' the memo said.

The policy, which a senior administration official verified for ABC News, is intended 'to protect White House information technology infrastructure from compromise and sensitive or classified information from unauthorized access or dissemination.'

President Trump's aides had previously been told they shouldn't use their personal phones for official government business.

Kelly told West Wing staffers to leave the contraband at home, in their cars or in their offices located outside the West Wing.

Aides like Stephen Miller, seen typing on his phone before a meeting last February, will only be allowed to carry around the West Wing government-sanctioned equipment

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway (left) will have to use a phone issued through the White House Communications Agency if she wants to re-create this viral image from February

President Trump's social media guru Dan Scavino (right) will have to do all of his work on a government-issued phone, according to a new policy put out by Chief of Staff John Kelly (left)

The White House also has lockers available for staff.

The devices will be outlawed from between the president's residence, which is in the main part of the mansion, to West Executive Drive, the road on the other side of the West Wing office complex.

That means lower level staff working out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is across West Executive Drive, won't be subject to this particular ban.

The memo also notes that, 'For purposes of this policy, the West Wing does not include the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, any White House Press Corps work spaces, or any outdoor common area, such as the Rose Garden or the North Lawn media positions.'

The timing of the ban comes on the heels of President Trump's White House having to deal with days of negative media coverage thanks to the publication of the new book, 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.'

Author Michael Wolff said he got most of his juicy tidbits from sitting on a couch in the West Wing, but also from staffers leaking gossip to him as well.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, however, said that reporters shouldn't read too much into the timing, as the ban was long-planned.

'Absolutely not. That's a ridiculous characterization,' she said, when asked if the cell phone ban was a response to the book.

'This is about the security and the integrity of the technology systems here at the White House,' Huckabee Sanders said.

A former senior White House official backed up Huckabee Sanders' claim telling ABC that banning certain electronics in the West Wing has been discussed since the early days of the Trump administration.

'I know that there are other reasons like the leaking, but this does come out of a concern with national security issues,' the former official told the network. 'The Chinese and Russians using personal cell phones and compromising them as listening devices,' the source said.