The Removal Record
Screenshots, screen recordings, and live links documenting the removal. Verify the findings yourself.
Visual Evidence
Screenshots and screen recordings documenting the removal
The Smoking Gun: Archive Page Rewritten
The RAC Meeting Archive page listed documents back to 2008 in February 2025. Now it only shows 2021-2023. Fifteen years of history erased.
Page 1: Shows 2008-2016 document links
Now shows only 2021-2023
SB 283 Report: Archived vs. Missing
The report was still accessible on November 1, 2025
Same URL now returns 404 Not Found
SB 283 FAQ: Also Removed
The FAQ was accessible on November 2, 2025
Search indexes the FAQ, but clicking returns 404
RPS Home Page: SB 283 Banner Scrubbed
The Radiation Protection home page featured a prominent banner announcing the SB 283 report. Between April 10 and June 2026, that banner was quietly removed—erasing the last visible reference to the report on OHA's website.
“SB 283 Wireless Technology Health Risks Report is now available!” banner still present
Banner gone—no mention of SB 283 anywhere on the page
Search Index Mismatch: Files Indexed But Missing
OHA's search still indexes these documents, proving the search wasn't updated when files were deleted.
Year-Based Cutoff: 2020 Missing, 2021 Works
Same search, same folder structure. Only difference is the year.
Cross-Division Proof: Only Radiation Docs Removed
Other OHA divisions still have their 2019 documents online. This proves it's not a site-wide cleanup.
Health Services & Analytics 2019 docs return 200 OK. RAC 2019 returns 404.
Feb 23, 2026 (4:20 PM): Link shared, confirmed working
Key Findings
What the evidence shows—and what it rules out
What the Evidence Shows
Year-Based Cutoff
Every RAC document from 2019-2020 returns 404. Every document from 2021+ returns 200. The divide is exact at January 2021.
Both Folder Structures Cleaned
OHA had RAC docs in TWO folder structures (old and new paths). ALL 2019-2020 docs from BOTH structures return 404. This rules out a migration explanation.
Recent Removal
Wayback confirms 2019 and 2020 RAC documents returned HTTP 200 in November 2025. They disappeared together within the past few months.
Archive Page Rewritten
The RAC Meeting Archive page listed documents back to 2008 as recently as February 2025. Now it only shows 2021-2023. Links were actively removed.
44-Hour Window
Documents disappeared between February 23 (4:20 PM) and February 25 (5:04 PM), 2026—six days after advocates visited the Capitol.
No Policy Justification
OHA's 2024-2027 Strategic Plan and Digital Accessibility Roadmap contain no policy explaining a year-based document cutoff.
Search Index Mismatch
OHA's internal search still indexes the missing documents—proof the search wasn't updated when files were removed. Even the SB 283 FAQ is gone.
ONLY Radiation Docs Removed
Other OHA divisions still have 2018-2019 documents available. The removal is specific to Radiation Protection—not site-wide.
DOJ Accessibility Mandate
Federal rule requires WCAG 2.1 compliance by April 24, 2026. OHA could claim this as justification—but the rule allows archiving, not deletion.
What This Rules Out
| Potential Explanation | Why It Doesn't Fit |
|---|---|
| Rolling retention policy | 2019-2020 RAC docs ALL worked in Nov 2025. A retention policy would have removed them gradually, not all at once in early 2026. |
| URL migration to new structure | OHA had TWO folder structures for RAC docs (old and new paths). ALL 2019-2020 docs from BOTH structures return 404. |
| General website restructuring | Would affect all years equally. 2021+ documents use the same structure and work fine. |
| Site-wide accessibility cleanup | Other OHA divisions (OHP, Analytics, Disease Surveillance) still have 2018-2019 PDFs online. Only RAC/Radiation docs were removed. |
| Server migration issues | Same server hosts both 2020 (404) and 2021 (200) documents. |
| Gradual deprecation | Wayback confirms 2019-2020 RAC documents worked in Nov 2025. Removal was sudden, not gradual. |
The Bottom Line
Every Radiation Advisory Committee document from 2019-2020 is unavailable—the entire period when SB 283 was developed and the final report was released (December 31, 2020). Yet other OHA divisions still have their 2019 documents online.
This isn't a site-wide cleanup. It's a targeted removal of radiation-related documents, with the cutoff landing exactly at January 2021—immediately after the controversial SB 283 report.
Evidence & Archives
Verify the findings yourself—archived documents and live links
See For Yourself
Click the original link, then the archived version. Compare what's there now with what used to be.
SB 283 Report
The legislatively mandated report on WiFi health risks in public schools
SB 283 FAQ
The FAQ document accompanying the report — also removed
RAC Meeting Archive
Used to show documents from 2008-2022. Now shows only 2021+
RPS Home Page — SB 283 Banner Removed
The prominent "SB 283 Wireless Technology Health Risks Report is now available!" banner was removed from this page between April 10 and June 2026. First they deleted the report, then they scrubbed the page that linked to it.
OHA Website Links
Test these yourself—green links work, red links return 404
OHA Radiation Protection Main Page
SB 283 banner removed between April-June 2026. Previously linked to the missing report.
RAC Meeting Archive (NOW: 2021+ only)
Currently shows only 2021-2023. Used to show 2008-2022 (see Wayback below)
RAC 2021 Feb Minutes (Working)
Control document - available
RAC 2020 Feb Minutes (Missing)
Same structure as 2021 - returns 404
SB 283 Report (Missing)
The main report - returns 404
SB 283 FAQ (Missing)
FAQ document - also returns 404
Archive Sources
Where the documents are preserved despite removal from oregon.gov
SB 283 Report (Wayback - Nov 1, 2025)
The full report - archived just before removal
RAC Archive Page (Wayback - Feb 2025)
Shows documents from 2008-2022 - compare to current page!
RAC Archive Page (Wayback - Nov 2019)
Shows documents from 2008-2016 - proves long history
RAC 2019 Feb Agenda (Wayback)
Archived Nov 9, 2025 - proves document existed
RAC 2020 Feb Agenda (Wayback)
Archived Nov 8, 2025 - proves document existed
Oregon State Library Digital Archive
Oregon Documents Depository Program - documents legally preserved here
OHA Policy Documents Reviewed
These were searched for any policy justifying year-based document removal—none found
OHA 2024-2027 Strategic Plan
No year-based document policy found
OHA Strategic Technology Plan
Focuses on mainframe migration, not document deletion
Digital Accessibility Roadmap
Started April 2024 - after the 2020/2021 cutoff existed
The Smoking Gun: Cross-Division Comparison
Other OHA divisions still have their 2019 documents online. Only Radiation Protection docs were removed. Test these yourself—this proves it's not a site-wide cleanup.
2019 EQR Technical Report
Health Services Division - 2019 doc WORKS
2019 CCO Performance Report
Analytics Division - 2019 doc WORKS
2019-20 Influenza Report
Public Health (Disease Surveillance) - 2019 doc WORKS
RAC 2019 Feb Agenda (Missing)
Radiation Protection - 2019 doc returns 404
RAC 2020 Feb Agenda (Missing)
Radiation Protection - 2020 doc returns 404
Understanding the RAC Folder Structures
OHA had RAC documents in TWO different folder structures. Both were cleaned of pre-2021 content:
Two different folder structures, same result: ALL pre-2021 documents removed from both. OHA search still indexes these broken URLs.
The Data
Document availability by year—same folder structure, dramatically different results
Document Availability by Year
/RAC/Documents/YEAR/Sample Document Status
Same URL Structure, Different Results
Identical folder structure. Identical file naming convention. Only the year differs.
Cross-Division Comparison: 2019 Documents
If this were a site-wide accessibility cleanup, ALL OHA divisions would be missing 2019 docs. They're not.
Why would an accessibility cleanup remove ONLY radiation-related documents while leaving other 2019 PDFs untouched?