4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Acknowledgement: This was pretty easy to judge, because few of you apparently know the government that I am seeking to describe. For one thing, it is anything but quiet. I enjoyed the word aloof, but found it lacking in mechanical precision. Limited access to government information is, of course, half the problem, but only half, and the word transparency is trendy and captures attention. The government I have in mind also puts on a tremendous show of being open when, in fact, it is often quite the opposite. Thus, the word secretive is also not appropriate. Susan is write about the inappropriateness of censorship in this example; a more appropriate term would have been "lack of disclosure". I really did not know what to make of the term closed policy. It made me think of 17th century Japan and Korea. Government "iron-curtainism" is far too drastic for this government, but would certainly be understood by many. Reachibility? Access cuts better, does it not? This is what I finally went with: In effect, one cannot expect the excess demand created by government imposed constraints to disappear overnight. Business, industry, and academia have grown accustomed to the free ride, and the general public has resigned itself to finding ways to rationalize what it is unable to change due to limited government access and only partial governmental transparency. Thanks everyone! Your show of support was what I needed most. My very best from the land of no mountains surrounded by sea on many sides."