November 22, 2011
Submitted on EDGAR under "CORRESP"
Mr. Larry Spirgel, Assistant Director
Ms. Kathryn Jacobson, Staff Accountant
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 and Ms. Jacobson:
We are in receipt of your additional comment letter dated November 10, 2011, regarding the subject filing. We request an extension to provide our written response until December 2, 2011, due to scheduling conflicts arising out of the upcoming holiday.
