Google mail experienced issues on Monday Dec. 10 from 11:54AM – 12:00 Noon and from 12:04 PM to 12:16 PM.
Users may have experienced slow performance or may have experienced errors with Gmail, Calendar and Google Documents.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
-Computing and Communications Services
December 12 – Google has published an update on the issue:
http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/appsstatus/ir/plibxfjh8whr44h.pdf