EXHIBIT 23.1



    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     We  consent  to  the  incorporation   by  reference  in  the
registration   statements   (File  No.   333-117896,  333-103467,
33-15894, and No. 33-15895)  on Form S-8  of Werner  Enterprises,
Inc. of our reports dated  February 8, 2007, with respect to  the
consolidated  balance  sheets  of  Werner  Enterprises,  Inc. and
subsidiaries  as of December  31, 2006 and  2005, and the related
consolidated  statements  of  income,  stockholders'  equity  and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and related  financial
statement schedule, management's assessment of the  effectiveness
of internal control over  financial reporting as of  December 31,
2006, and the  effectiveness of  internal control over  financial
reporting  as of December 31, 2006, which reports appear  in  the
December   31,  2006  annual  report  on  Form  10-K  of   Werner
Enterprises, Inc.

                                             KPMG LLP

Omaha, Nebraska
February 12, 2007