As part of the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative, the E-Mail as a Service (EaaS) project is aimed at enabling federal agencies to acquire common, cloud-hosted e-mail services. In June 2010, a working group was formed whose focus included developing a set of baseline functional and technical requirements for a common, cloud-hosted federal e-mail solution, as well as requirements for a blanket purchase agreement for government-wide procurement of cloud-based e-mail services. GSA’s issuance of a request for quotation for these services was announced on May 11, 2011.