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David Zito, formerly commercial health care segment leader at Guidehouse, has been promoted to chief growth officer at the Washington, D.C.-based consulting services provider.

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy Exostar, a Herndon, Va.-based provider of cloud-based business collaboration platforms for aerospace and defense, health care and life sciences industries, for an undisclosed sum.

The Veterans Health Administration has awarded six small businesses spots on a potential 10-year, $1B contract for professional consulting and health care services. VHA’s Integrated Healthcare Transformation is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year base term and five option years and covers support services across three functional categories: health system transformation and innovation, implementation and operations support and health care business enabling services.

Veritas Capital has agreed to buy DXC Technology’s (NYSE: DXC) U.S. state and local health and human services business for $5B in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed by December, subject to regulatory approvals, receipt of third-party consents and other customary closing conditions, DXC said Tuesday.

ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) has named three new executives to a new team tasked with expanding the delivery of health care services to U.S. veterans and growing the company’s work with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Adam Peters, formerly an information technology executive at the Defense Health Agency, has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) as an executive director, G2Xchange Health reported Thursday.

Kenneth Kizer, chief health care transformation officer and senior executive vice president at Atlas Research, has been selected as the recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ David E. Rogers Award in recognition of his contributions to the U.S. health care sector.

Ricci Mulligan, former acting principal deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs' information and technology office, has joined Grant Thornton as a director within the public sector healthcare practice.

An annual report by management consulting firm Atlas Research shows how the company helps federal agencies such as the departments of Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services address health challenges and improve health care.

John Nixon, former budget director in the state of Utah and Michigan, has joined health information technology systems provider CNSI as a senior vice president, senior account executive and corporate strategy.