Obama Promises to Release New Report on NSA Spying in State of the Union

President Obama on Tuesday will promise in his State of the Union address to reveal new updates about his administration's efforts to reign in the National Security Agency's mass-surveillance programs next month.

"As Americans, we cherish our civil liberties--and we need to uphold that commitment if we want maximum cooperation from other countries and industry in our fight against terrorist networks," Obama will say, according to prepared remarks. "So while some have moved on from the debates over our surveillance programs, I haven't."

"As promised, our intelligence agencies have worked hard, with the recommendations of privacy advocates, to increase transparency and build more safeguards against potential abuse," Obama will say. "And next month, we'll issue a report on how we're keeping our promise to keep our country safe while strengthening privacy."

Last week, National Journal reported that an announcement would come from the intelligence community by the end of January. Multiple privacy groups were contacted by the White House last week to review the pending updates but the meeting was cancelled.

One year ago, Obama gave a major policy speech to address the ongoing revelations from Edward Snowden exposing the NSA's spying programs. He proposed a series of "concrete and substantial" reforms but said that big-ticket changes would have to wait for congressional action.

In November, a bill intended to curtail the NSA's bulk collection of U.S. call came two votes short of advancing, as it failed to overcome a Republican filibuster.