Washington (CNN) Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed an executive order on Monday that looks to improve how the state's data is reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check system.

"You've got a case here in Ohio where this data's not being reported," Kasich said at a news conference for the signing Monday afternoon. "So you have people who are felons who, with the data not being put into the NICS system, people who have no business having guns have these guns."

The executive order reactivates a reporting committee of state agencies, which would look for data gaps in local officials' reporting to the NICS, a database used to screen prospective firearms owners.

In one case, Kasich said, Ohio's Hamilton County failed to send its data for four months.

"There's just no excuse for this data not being sent," Kasich said.

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