The U.S. Army Suspension and Debarment Official (SDO), on behalf of the Army, executed an Administrative Compliance Agreement with ITT Corp. as a result of ITT’s March 2007 guilty plea to violations of the Arms Export Control Act for allowing the transfer of classified night-vision technology to China. The agreement provides for Army oversight of ITT’s internal control systems, government contracts and ethics training; requires ITT to periodically report to the Army Procurement Fraud Branch its progress in meeting specific contractor responsibility milestones; and appoints John S. Pachter, a government contracts lawyer who began his legal career in the 1960s with the Army, as an “Independent Monitor” to oversee the administration of the agreement. See related ITT Industries instances, " Illegally Exporting Secret Military Data Overseas (State Dept. Administrative Proceeding)" and Illegally Exporting Secret Military Data Overseas (Criminal Prosecution).”