The Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Achievement Medal also known as the Department of Transportation Gold Medal is the highest honorary award of the United States Department of Transportation.

The medal is 1 3/8 inches in diameter, made of gold plated red brass.

The obverse depicts a triskelion superimposed over a graticule surrounded by a laurel wreath.

The reverse bears the words, in relief, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION arched above with the incuse inscription OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT on a scroll below.

In the middle are the words AWARDED TO with a space to engrave the recipient's name.