UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                 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):
                              August 23, 2012

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                         WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


     NEBRASKA                       0-14690                      47-0648386
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File              (IRS Employer
incorporation)                      Number)             Identification No.)


14507 FRONTIER ROAD
POST OFFICE BOX 45308
OMAHA, NEBRASKA                                                       68145
(Address of principal                                            (Zip Code)
executive offices)

    Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (402) 895-6640


Check  the  appropriate  box below if the Form 8-K filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



ITEM 7.01.     REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

On  August  23, 2012, the registrant issued a press release announcing  its
upcoming  participation  in  the Fifth Annual Dahlman  Rose  &  Co.  Global
Transportation  Conference on Wednesday, September 5, 2012;  Deutsche  Bank
2012 Aviation and Transportation Conference on Thursday, September 6, 2012;
RBC   Capital  Markets  2012  Global  Industrials  Conference  on  Tuesday,
September  11,  2012;  and  2012  Citi  Global  Industrials  Conference  on
Wednesday, September 19, 2012.  A copy of the press release is furnished as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

The  investor  materials and a live audio webcast of each presentation  and
question-and-answer  discussion  provided  by  the   registrant   at   each
conference will be publicly available on the respective conference date  on
the  registrant's internet website:  www.werner.com, under the  "Investors"
link.   The investor materials and replays of the audio webcasts will  also
be  accessible by the public on such website for a limited period following
each  particular  conference  date.  Details  concerning  the  conferences,
investor materials, webcasts and replays are included in the exhibit.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 to the Form 8-K, the information
under  this Item 7.01 and the press release exhibit to this Form 8-K  shall
not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act  of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to  the
liabilities of that Section 18, nor shall such information and  exhibit  be
deemed  incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange  Act  or
the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), unless  the
registrant  expressly states that such information and exhibit  are  to  be
considered  "filed" under the Exchange Act or incorporates such information
and  exhibit  by  specific reference in an Exchange Act or  Securities  Act
filing.

This Current Report on Form 8-K, as well as the investor materials provided
by  and  the  oral  public  statements made by any  representative  of  the
registrant  during the conference presentations, discussions, meetings  and
webcasts  announced  in this Form 8-K and the related  press  release,  may
contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act and made pursuant to the
safe  harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act  of
1995, as amended.  Such forward-looking statements are based on information
presently available to the registrant's management and are current only  as
of  the date made.  Actual results could also differ materially from  those
anticipated as a result of a number of factors, including, but not  limited
to,  those discussed in the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2011.  For those reasons, undue reliance should not
be placed on any forward-looking statement.  The registrant assumes no duty
or  obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement,  although
it  may do so from time to time as management believes is warranted  or  as
may  be  required  by  applicable securities  law.   Any  such  updates  or
revisions  may  be made by the registrant by filing reports with  the  U.S.



Securities and Exchange Commission, through the issuance of press  releases
or by other methods of public disclosure.


ITEM 9.01.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (d)  Exhibits.
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          99.1      Press  release issued by the registrant on  August  23,
                    2012,  "Werner  Enterprises  to  Participate  in   Four
                    Upcoming Transportation and Industrial Conferences".




                                SIGNATURES

      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.


                                        WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.


Date:      August 23, 2012              By:  /s/ John J. Steele
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                                             John J. Steele
                                             Executive Vice President,
                                              Treasurer and Chief
                                              Financial Officer


Date:      August 23, 2012              By:  /s/ James L. Johnson
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                                             James L. Johnson
                                             Executive Vice President,
                                              Chief Accounting Officer and
                                              Corporate Secretary