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Which certs are most important these days for govt use? Or does it depend on which department you're going for?

FIPS 140-2, and Common Criteria (EAL) are the two most often checked in my area of work.

There's DIACAP for DoD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Informati...

I'm surprised by their removal of all these wifi drivers.

Well, it is a server product so WiFi support isn't very relevant. The wire is still easier to secure so it might help for certification (speculating here).

Does government certs mean backdoors?

No. The government has to certify the system before it can be used on government networks.

This is so companies can sell compliant RHEL7-based solutions to military and other government organizations.

Those are orthogonal concepts ;-)