SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                September 5, 2006


                        THE MANAGEMENT NETWORK GROUP, INC
               (Exact name of company as specified in its charter)


          DELAWARE                     0-27617                  48-1129619
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(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission file number)        (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                                   Identification Number)

           7300 College Boulevard, Suite 302, Overland Park, KS 66210
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


                                 (913) 345-9315
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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ITEM 8.01         OTHER EVENTS

     On September 5, 2006, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had
authorized  a share  repurchase  program,  pursuant  to  which  the  Company  is
authorized, but not required, to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,000,000 common
shares of the Company  from time to time for cash on the open  market  and/or in
privately negotiated transactions during a period expiring on September 1, 2008.
As of August 31, 2006, the Company had an aggregate of 35,929,417  common shares
outstanding.  The adoption of the share  repurchase  program was  announced in a
press  release  dated  September  5, 2006 and  attached as Exhibit  99.1 to this
report.

     The  information  in this Item 8.01 and Exhibit 99.1 to this current report
on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of or otherwise subject
to the liabilities  under Section 18 of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"). Unless expressly incorporated into a filing of the
registrant  under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  or the Exchange Act
made after the date  hereof,  the  information  contained  in this Item 8.01 and
Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be  incorporated  by reference  into any filing of
the registrant,  whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any
general incorporation language in such filing.

ITEM 9.01         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d). Exhibits.


Exhibit Number              Description

99.1                        Press Release dated September 5, 2006








                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        THE MANAGEMENT NETWORK GROUP, INC.


Date:  September 5, 2006                By:   /s/ Donald E. Klumb
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                                              Donald E. Klumb
                                              Vice President and Chief Financial
                                              Officer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number      Description

99.1                Press  Release  of  Registrant,  dated  September  5,  2006,
                    announcing Board authorization of share repurchase program