Exhibit 99.1

          CERTIFICATION BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
             PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
       (SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)


In  connection with the Annual Report of Werner Enterprises,
Inc.  (the  "Company") on Form 10-K for  the  period  ending
December  31, 2002, (the "Report") filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, I, Clarence L. Werner, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18  U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section  906
of  the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best  of  my
knowledge:

        1. The  Report  fully complies with the requirements
           of section  13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the  Securities
           Exchange Act of 1934; and

        2. The information contained in  the  Report  fairly
           presents, in all material respects, the financial
           condition  and  results   of  operations  of  the
           Company.



February 28, 2003                  /s/ Clarence L. Werner
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                                   Clarence L. Werner
                                   Chairman and Chief
                                   Executive Officer