September 1, 2011
Submitted on EDGAR under "CORRESP"
Mr. Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Subject: Barrett Business Services, Inc.
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010
Filed April 1, 2011
File No. 0-21886
Dear Mr. Spirgel:
We are in receipt of your letter dated August 23, 2011, regarding the subject filing. Although we hope to be in a position to respond sooner, we request an extension to provide our written responses (filed on EDGAR) until September 21, 2011.
