If we build it, please don't come

GovExec.com reports that Google is making some progress in its goal of opening up government Web sites to search engines. The story quotes a Google manager who says that nearly half of all government Web pages remain inaccessible to search engines. My favorite part is where the Google manager says one reason government agencies are reluctant to make their sites more accessible to Google is "a potential increase in bandwidth use, which could drive up costs." In other words, they are buildings Web sites they don't want the public to use -- or at least use too much!